/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.basics.bean;

import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;

/**
 * This class is used to encode and decode String for string representation of
 * object with property editors.
 */
public abstract class AbstractEncodePropertyEditor
    extends PropertyEditorSupport
{

  /**
   * String separator.
   */
  public static final String SEPARATOR = "<:>";



  /**
   * Encode a string array in an other string array.
   * 
   * @param sources
   *          strings to decode
   * @return an array of string decoded
   */
  protected String[] decode(String... sources)
  {

    String[] result = new String[sources.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < sources.length; ++i) {
      result[i] = sources[i].replaceAll("&", "&amp;").replaceAll("<", "&gt;").replaceAll(">", "&lt;");
    }

    return result;

  }



  /**
   * Decode a string array in an other string array.
   * 
   * @param sources
   *          strings to encode
   * @return an array of string encoded
   */
  protected String[] encode(String... sources)
  {

    String[] result = new String[sources.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < sources.length; ++i) {
      result[i] = sources[i].replaceAll("&gt;", "<").replaceAll("&lt;", ">").replaceAll("&amp;", "&");
    }

    return result;
  }



  /**
   * returns an array of string splited.
   * 
   * @param source
   *          string to split
   * @return an array of string splited
   */
  protected String[] getSplitedString(String source)
  {

    return source.split("[^:]:[^:]");

  }

};